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Species Dentalium (Dentalium) octangulatum Donovan, 1803

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Ocean, China Seas, Japan, Sri Lanka, Karachi.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coast
    • Queensland: NE coast
    • Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast
  • Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

  • Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, mud bottom, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Collected in littoral sievings and dredged to 1380 m in sandy mud.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)